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Dido's Problem. When a myth of ancient literature became a problem of variational calculus
Dora Musielak
When introducing the calculus of variations, we may invoke Dido's problem to illustrate the most fundamental variational problem: to find the curve of given perimeter which bounds…
Germain and Her Fearless Attempt to Prove Fermat's Last Theorem
Dora Musielak
Two centuries ago, Sophie Germain began to work on her grand plan to prove the theorem of Fermat, the famous conjecture that is impossible for nonzero integral va…
Euler and the German Princess
Dora Musielak
In 1760, Leonhard Euler began to write beautiful Letters to a German Princess on Diverse Subjects of Physics and Philosophy. Much has been written about Euler and his work, but we…
The Marquise du Chatelet: A Controversial Woman of Science
Dora Musielak
No woman of science has lived a more controversial life nor possessed a most contrasting character than Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier, Marquise du Chatelet. One one hand, she was a…
Euler: Genius Blind Astronomer Mathematician
Dora Musielak
Leonhard Euler, the most prolific mathematician in history, contributed to advance a wide spectrum of topics in celestial mechanics. At the Saint Petersburg Observatory, Euler obse…